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A Twin Train Derailment in India Leaves At Least 31 Dead

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A Twin Train Derailment in India Leaves At Least 31 Dead

A Twin Train Derailment in India Leaves At Least 31 Dead

At least 31 people died and 25 were injured when two trains derailed within minutes of each other while crossing a small bridge in Madhya Pradesh shortly before midnight on Tuesday.

The Kamayani Express travelling from Varanasi to Mumbai derailed first, while the Janata Express travelling in the opposite direction derailed shortly after.

Officials engaged in the rescue operations said they feared the death toll could rise. Survivors said some persons could have been washed away by the swollen waters of the Machak river

NDTV, an Indian broadcasting network, reports that railway officials are blaming the recent heavy rains of the monsoon season, which may have caused the track to cave in. Some officials have speculated that high river levels possibly washed onto the tracks, though this has not yet been confirmed.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also expressed concern, and offered condolences to the relatives of those who died.

Safety standards on India’s massive state-run railway network, which operates 12,000 passenger trains and carries some 23 million passengers every day, has been an ongoing concern amid a spate of accidents.
In March a passenger train derailed in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, killing at least 34 people.

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